Western Kazakhstan

Materials related to the history of the study of the distribution of the steppe ribbon racer Psammophis lineolatus in Western Kazakhstan are presented in this article. Thus, based on literature and original data, a map was compiled with an inventory of the distribution of the species in the Mangistau and Atyrau oblasts of Kazakhstan through which the northwestern border of the range passes. This border rises from the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea along the left bank of the Urals almost to the border of the West-Kazakhstan oblast before then turning eastwards into the Indersky district of the Atyrau oblast, passing along the northern coast of Lake Inder. Data show that the currently known northern distribution limit for the Steppe Ribbon Racer is on the northwestern edge of the Taisoigan sands, in the Kyzylkoginsky district of the Atyrau oblast (48°49,97′N, 52°55,545′E).